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I think the key point is: "The Army has long required Lake City’s operators to ensure the plant can produce up to 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition a year. In exchange, the contractors running the facility have been allowed to use its excess production capacity to make ammunition for sale to foreign governments, law enforcement agencies and the general public. The Army says that the arrangement saves taxpayers around $50 million a year."

It is more than likely the Mexican government bought the ammo which was then reallocated to the cartels by theft/graft.


I think as soon as you find out that the ammo can be purchased by the public at gun stores, the news story becomes less interesting, because the implication was that the US govt or some bad actor employee of the US govt is supplying the ammunition.

The idea that gun products that can be freely purchased throughout America are ending up in Mexico, where you can literally walk across the border into Mexico through a turnstyle and they just have a sign that says if you have any of the following contraband please walk to our office located here instead of border officers actively reviewing each person walking through at official border crossings.

It’s not very shocking at all.


Which bring to mind those bottles of Napoleon era champagne found preserved under pressure in a ship wreck. Any info on how those turned out or was the one opened a palatable vinegar?


To add to this TX and the SW USA are currently (been 20 years now) experiencing an extended drought. Water levels are at an all time low; many lakes are almost dry; and even the aquifers are getting a bit frumpy. As sidewndr46 said, ain't no water to pump.


Reply to the texts with "dick pics"...but of horse or cow penis. Chances are pretty good he will block you or just stop soon after the first. For email...auto reply with links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goatse.cx or go for the the rabbit hole and toss out a random OnlyFans /Ashley Madison / Grinder page.


Responding at all seems like an incredibly bad idea.


You're are not missing anything

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Isn't that the point of this, to gather them together and let them die in a drug addled slavery. Wasn't this the big surprise end of spoilers A Scanner Darkly or reminicent of "The Planet of Sin" in one of Heinlein's stories? All they guy needs is some South American mind control drug and he can then change his name to "Jim Jones".


That's not what he says at all. They are on UBI and don't add anything to society. He states it explicitly.


I wouldn't say Rolls-Royce, more like Lexus. Fuddruckers would be closer to Rolls quality as they actually allow for something other than well-done, preformed, meat pucks.


Sooo...the TLDR would be...it takes a village to decompose a body?!


Just a side question but, is the term "straya" a regional shortening of Australia? I've always heard it from friends as "Oz" or "Aus".


its aussie bogan slang. if you are new to australia, rock up to work barefoot with a VB or a Tooheys in your hand and tell the next new guy "wellcome to straya mate"



Only if he is in charge of thought crimes.


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